Texasgal
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:05 AM
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Poll question: Worst decade for music |
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Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 11:20 AM by Texasgal
What's the worst decade of music in your opinion?
I'd have to say it was the 70's for me.
EDIT: THIS POLL IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC POLL. THE ARTISTS MENTIONED ARE ONLY EXAMPLES AND DO NOT REFLECT THE WHOLE DECADE. Geez.....
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:07 AM
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The 1970s had their ups and downs, but the mass commercialization of music occurred during the 1980s. MAINSTREAM/pop music has continued to drop in quality ever since.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:12 AM
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I haven't heard much that I care for either....I kinda stick to the classic rock myself.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:08 AM
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2. There was a whole other side to the 70s |
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Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 11:09 AM by Goldmund
Led Zep, Floyd, King Crimson, prog rock, etc.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:11 AM
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3. I'd have to agree, the 1970s |
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It seems that the music industry's pendulum swung back a little too far after the 1960s "sex and drugs" motif. I just don't much of value came out of the 1970s with disco leading the way. It also seems to me that electronics--real electronics meaning electronic music--was still in it's infancy and as such prone to abuse and overuse, creating cliches and :eyes:
I don't think it improved much, but then, I don't think the music industry has really done much since WWII.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:12 AM
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4. Elvis started in the 50's |
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Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 11:25 AM by Bridget Burke
And that's when he did much of his good work.
You left out a LOT of artists. What about those who didn't get a lot of airplay? Well, Woody didn't...
For a while in the 60's, it was possible to hear some of the best rock, soul & R&B on AM radio. During other eras, more research may have been required. Much of the 70's was pop tripe but there were some fine artists out there. Buying odd records & seeing live shows certainly expanded my horizons.
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Texasgal
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:15 AM
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7. I was just giving examples |
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Of popular music of the decade. It would be IMPOSSIBLE for me to list ALL the artists of their time. This is not a very scientific poll. Sorry.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:12 AM
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5. The 70's were not all disco |
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Some of the best rock and roll came out in the 70's - most people think of it as 60's music but if anything, it was very late 60's and early 70's - Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, Queen, Pink Floyd...
Disco was a flash in the pan.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:16 AM
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11. and the 80's was not all Madonna, Culture Club |
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Heavy Metal, baby!
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:27 AM
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17. and hair bands... eeekkk |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:30 AM
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18. Agreed about the hair bands |
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I liked Aerosmith. Motley Crue was ok, I guess.
I love Madonna and Culture Club.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:35 AM
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21. Some of the best Iron Maiden came out of the early 80's |
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The 80's weren't all bad.
I'll never understand the transformation of David Coverdale. HOW THE HELL did he go from being a respectable singer for late model Deep Purple to the poster boy for cheesy hair bands???
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:14 AM
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6. WTF! There's a lot of good music today... and I'm in my 40's |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:15 AM
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there are a few decent bands, but most stuff just isn't very good.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:25 AM
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Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 11:26 AM by mvd
I could name a million artists I enjoy from today.
Worst time? I'd say middle to late 90s. Too many boy bands, too much rap, too much rap/metal, too much dance/pop a la Britney, too many country artists (I like country, but it got overcrowded,) and too many Creeds.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:34 AM
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20. The late 90's for sure sucked bad |
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but I think it's something we're just pulling out of now.
All the bands I enjoy today (APC, Modest Mouse, Radiohead) have been around since the mid-90's.
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Tue Aug-02-05 12:30 PM
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26. I like a lot in the mainstream, but.. |
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Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 12:30 PM by mvd
if you look around, there are a lot of lesser known artists that I've discovered.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:15 AM
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9. i can find great music to listen to from each of the decades above |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:16 AM
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the Ramones, the New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, the Damned, the Clash.... all that great punk music coming out of London and New York! Not to mention a renewed interest in reggae music by those outside of Jamaica!
You are dead to me. :P
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:17 AM
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I forgot to mention Journey......damn! :P
That will have to be a whole NEW thread!!! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:22 AM
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15. Did someone post something here? |
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Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 11:22 AM by JimmyJazz
I only see "poster who is dead to you" (it's apparently a new DU feature) :silly:
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:18 AM
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:19 AM
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14. It terms of mainsteram music- today, no doubt. |
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Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 11:20 AM by Beware the Beast Man
It seems pop music has turned a corner over the last year or so. There's a lot of great bands that have found mainstream appeal in this decade, like Queens of the Stone Age, the Killers, Franz Ferdinand and the White Stripes. Still, the death of teen pop and nu-metal has been an extrememly slow one, especially since the Clear Channel-dominated terrestrial radio seems to think thats all the general public wants to listen to. Satellite radio is really starting to make an impact, which is a good thing. All in all, though, between whiny nu-metal, highly stylized pop punk and hip-hop that has lost its message and edge, this has been a pretty crappy decade for popular music.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:32 AM
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I know there was some good music, but all in all it was the worst for me. There is always good music out there, but it's the stuff that is saturating the industry that I go by. The 80s were a total drag in the industry.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:39 AM
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the Eagles, CSN&Y, ELP, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, the best stuff from Pink Floyd, and so on and so on...
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:53 AM
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23. Not to mention some GREAT jethro tull! |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:57 AM
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How could I forget to mention Tull? :banghead:
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Tue Aug-02-05 12:02 PM
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And Warren Zevon, and Jackson Brown, and The Tubes, and all the southern rock bands, and all the country outlaws, and David Bowie's most productive period, etc, etc, etc...
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